Community of Christ Canada is proud to announce the launch of its new website.

Visitors will enjoy a more modern experience, including mobile-friendly functionality. A special effort has been made to simplify the website, ensuring that users can locate information quickly and efficiently. In addition, content has been added to accommodate seekers from various backgrounds.

Canadian church leadership and membership are indebted to the efforts of Lew Shepherdson, whose hard work made this new website a reality. A great deal of time and talent were required to build this new expression of Christ’s mission, and the Church certainly appreciates his volunteerism and dedication.

If you notice something is incorrect on the website, please let us know. In an effort to launch the website quickly, we realize some ‘placeholder’ ads that were used as a test, are still there. We’re doing our best to get everything updated as quickly as possible.

Thank you for your patience.

New Registration system for all Mission Centre activities

We are in the process of converting to a new online registration system! The current system is no longer available. Please hold off submitting online registrations for summer camps and retreats until you see the specific camping and retreat events being advertised. Our new system will enable you to enter basic information once, and with a simple click (or two) register for your event.

Thank you.

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What’s Up…In the CWM

We’re now accepting articles for the spring edition

of our newsletter, What’s Up…In the CWM.

These can be articles, news, photos, poetry or upcoming event announcements.

The submission deadline is April 15, but I urge you to let me know asap if you intend to submit so that I can reserve a space for you.

Have you been looking for a comfortable way to introduce your friends to Community of Christ?

At the BC Friends and Family weekend you’ll be able to share the beauty of Samish Island, introduce our community of great people, and your friends can experience a casual, contemporary worship service on Sunday.

Explore People, Places, Practices & Philosophies

Learn through insightful classes and experiential visits where you will see ritual, explore architecture, meet leaders, and engage with communities.

July 8-14 in Toronto

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Samish Island Arts Retreat

Come and explore your own creativity with a supportive community.

Our basic theme for the weekend is YES! and… The idea being that the best way to respond to creative new ideas is to support them and look for ways to help them flourish.

Bring the creative things you are working on or are excited by. Bring instruments, art supplies, scripts, poems, writing paper and pens, flowers, crayons, and whatever else you might want to use to explore aspects of your own creativity. Come prepared to share your art, creative passions, techniques, and practices. If you are a visual artist, please bring some of your work to share with others. if you are a musician, bring songs to teach or share. There will be multiple opportunities for Creative Show and Tell.

Throughout the weekend, there will be some discussion about the future of the Arts Retreat. Come with your greatest ideas of what a weekend of arts exploration can look like, and be prepared to respond to other ideas with a resounding YES!… And.

The schedule for the weekend is evolving rapidly. When there is something a little more concrete, we will send it out to anyone interested.

I know it may feel early, but I encourage you to reserve your hotel rooms as soon as possible. Labour Day weekend is a huge football weekend in Regina, and all of the hotel rooms will be sold out soon for the Saturday night. We have a group rate at the Ramada Plaza use code

To those seeking a spiritual home, Community of Christ is a welcoming, loving, worldwide faith community that values the worth of every person as a child of God, and provides a safe space for you to explore and deepen your relationship with Jesus Christ and each other.

In Community of Christ, you will receive love and support as you discover renewed purpose for your life through compassionate, Christ-like service that ends suffering and fosters justice and peace.

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Canada West Camping and Event Calendar

2018

April 21-22 Ribstone 110th Anniversary

April 27-29 Arts Retreat Samish Island

April 27-29 Weekend of World Religions Calgary

Apr 30-May 5 Samish Island Work Week

June 1-3 Friends and Family Weekend Samish Island

June 8-12 Adult Reunion Hills of Peace

June 9-14 Adult Reunion Samish Island

July 1-6 CWM Youth Camp Hills of Peace

July 7-12 Family Reunion Hills of Peace

July 14-21 Family Reunion Samish Island

July 14-18 Junior Camp Hills of Peace

July 19-20 International Youth Forum

July 21-28 Spectacular Graceland University

July 22-28 Camps Kluane & Chimacum (12-14 yrs) Samish Island

*please note Kluane and Chimacum are now combined

August 5-11 Camp Kimtah (15-18 yrs) Samish Island

August 10-12 Nurturing Spirit Retreat Hills of Peace

August 12-16 Camp Genesis/ Mungai (8-11 yrs) Samish Island

Aug 31-Sept 2 Canada West Mission Conference – Regina Saskatchewan

Sept 28-30 Men’s Retreat Hills of Peace

Sep 28-30 Women's Retreat Chilliwack

October 26-28 Nurturing Silence Retreat Samish Island

Dates are subject to change, please register early to avoid cancellation of your event.

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